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Bozena Happach, sculptor
C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Citizenship:
Canadian
Education: School of Plastic Arts, Gdansk, Poland.
The Gdansk Polytechnic: Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Study of sculpture in the studio of Elzbieta Szczodrowska
Membership: The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada,
RAAV, Studio 213, CSQ.
Exhibitions solo or semi-solo :
2003 Cultural Center in Dorval
2000 Polish Consulate in Montreal
1996 Centre socioculturel de St-Hubert
1996 Galerie d'art - Centre socioculturel de Brossard
1995 "ENSEMBLE"- Galerie d'art d'Outremont in
Outremont
1994 "DOUCE ET DURE"- Gallery Octogone in Lasalle
1993 "CHANGEMENT"- Cultural Center in Dorval
1992 "RELATIONS"- Regional museum in Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Collective exhibitions:
2008 La Sculpture dans tous les sens, Gatineau,
Qc, Canada
2008 ARTE MUSIACA, Italy
2007 "UN JARDIN DE PIERRE ET DE METAL", Drummondville,
Qc
2007 "JAZZ", Vancouver, BC
2007 "PIERRE & FEU", Dorval, Qc
2006 Exhibition of Monumental Sculpture in St-Sauveur
2006 Cultural Center in Lachine
2006 Beijing Olympic Park City Sculpture, China
2006 Surviving, Thriving & Growing, Vancouver
2006 Polish Consulate in New York, USA
2005 Castel in Ksiaz, Poland
2005 Exhibition of Monumental Sculpture in St-Sauveur
2005 Centre d'Art - Ste-Rose
2005 Chateau Ramezay Museum in Montreal
2004/5 Village des Arts Laval
2003 Design 360, Savannah Georgia, USA
1998 Le Centre de creativite du Gesu - Montreal
1997 Festival d'Art - Orford
1997 "CORPUS MOMENTUM"- Salon CSQ
1992 Polish Consulate in Montreal
1990/1 Salon d'Épargne Placement - Montreal
Competitions:
Competition for digital images "Arte/Musica"-Italy
(finalist)
Beijing Olympic Park City Sculpture Design Competition (Nomination
Award)
The Project of Historical Path at King Hussein Park, Jordan
- Finalist
Le Centre de creativite du Gesu - Montreal - 2nd prize
Médaille du Prix de la Justice du Québec - 1st
prize
Commissions:
Private house in Knolton, Qc "Frère
et soeur", fiberglass sculpture
Private commission "Brother and Sister", bronze
sculpture
Private house in Montreal "Today & Tomorrow",
fiberglass sculpture
Chateau Ramezay Museum in Montreal - mural sculpture
International Education Institute in Calgary - mural sculpture
Logimex Romania stone sculpture
Collections:
Regional museum in Quebec, Galerie d'Outremont
Private collections in Canada, USA, South America and Europe
Galleries:
Studio 261, Gallery Muse, and Art Works Gallery
Electronic press:
Radio-Canada - téléjournal d'Ottawa-Gatineau
de Michel Picard, July 2008
Polish Radio in Montreal, interview, September 2006
"Actualité de Rive Sud", presentation of exhibition
in St-Hubert Cultural Center, December 1996
"Actualité Outremont", presentation of exhibition
in Outremont Gallery, and interview with artists, April 1995
Publications:
Cezanne's Carrot, A Literary Journal, Winter
Solstice 2006
The Chateau RamezayAcross Time through Artistic Eyes
Press:
OttawaCitizen.com,
Art & the City, July 2008
"L'echo loisir et culture", St-Jerome, October 2005
"La
Vallee", St-Sauveur, October 2005
"Gazeta",
Montreal, March 2003
"Le
Devoir", Montreal, February 1998
"Loisard", January 1996
Outremont
City - local press, March 1995
City of Lasalle - local press, October 1994
"Gazeta Montrealska", October 1994
Dorval - local press, February 1993
Ville Vaudreuil - local press, January 1992
"Nowy Dziennik" N.Y, May 1991
"La Presse" Montreal, May 1991
"Zwiazkowiec" Toronto, June 1991
"Le nouvel à loi", June 1991
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003- Monumental
sculptures in cement and fiberglass
Extensive sculptural works in gesso duro, metal and stone.
Yearly solo or joint exhibitions
1992-2002 Studies for big dimensions sculptures
Extensive sculptural works in gesso duro, metal and stone.
Yearly solo or semi-solo exhibitions
Private practice in architecture in Montreal and Westmount
1982-1991 Studies and sketches in clay
Sculptures and reliefs in "gesso duro"
Practice in architecture in Montreal
1973-1981 Series of sculptures in clay, gypsum and metal.
Conservation of historical buildings and sculptures in Poland.
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